Posted by 10derHeart on November 13, 2008, at 21:52:18
In reply to Re: Interupting thread: are you ok JadeKelly? » okydoky, posted by JadeKelly on November 13, 2008, at 21:14:46
>>I did get babble and really need to learn to use that. I am Idiot on computers. Maybe I will email? is that allowed?
Here's how to use Babblemail, which is just a private way to "email" without giving out your email address. The PB server will send the message to the poster's email (at whatever address given when the poster registered here) without revealing the email address of the sender. So you will read them in your email program, but Babblemail only shows www.dr-bob.org as the sender.
1. Say you want to Babblemail okydoky. Open any one of her posts. See that her name is in blue (most computers it's blue) and is 'clickable.' That means oky has Babblemail turned on (like you do, your name shows up blue, also)
2. Click on oky's posting name within the message and a Babblemail window will open.
3. Type your message and click on Send Babblemail.
4. You will get a confirmation screen saying it worked.
5. That's it! Oky will get your Babblemail in her email in-box
Does that help? Any questions, I'd be happy to help. It really is a neat feature (thanks, Dr. Bob)
Sure, posters can email each other directly, if they like. It's a free country and all that ;-) It's just a matter of comfort level and people don't exactly "know" each other in cyberspace so may not want to give out their email addresses directly. My personal advice, if you decide to, is first, be careful and you do so at your own risk. If things ever were to turn our badly, Dr. Bob has no authority over email - that is between you and the other party. Also, it might be wise not to post it on the boards. Send it in a Babblemail. Just in case someone you'd rather not have locate your posting name or posts (if they know it, or it resembles your actual name, etc.), is Googling you...an email address on a public site like this could come up awfully easily.
Babblemail away!
regards,
-- 10der
PS - I don't get the idea from your posts you are an "idiot" about anything, even computers. We are all in various stages of learning about things, right? :-)
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